Description
Information about the family history and the coat of arms
Family history
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Family history Count of Rieneck
The Counts of Rieneck – Lords between the Main and Spessart
The history of the Rieneckers began around 1100 with a remarkable connection over long distances. Arnold von Loon, from present-day Belgium, married into the family of the Margrave of Mainz Gerhard. This led to possessions and rights in the Main-Spessart area passing to the Margrave of Loon. Their Frankish center was located in Lohr; since 1156/57 they called themselves the Margrave of Rieneck after their castle on the Rhine.
When the lines separated around 1200, the Rieneckers devoted themselves entirely to expanding their Frankish dominion. Castles in Rieneck, Rothenfels, Partenstein, and Wildenstein secured roads, valleys, and forests. Through marriages and inheritance, Grünsfeld, Lauda, and other territories were added. Lohr developed into an economic and later also a courtly center. The counts promoted trade, forestry, glassmaking, and the profession of the furrier; their possessions extended from the immediate vicinity to the Steigerwald.
Political skill was constantly in demand. Rieneck was closely related to the monarchy and managed important guardianship rights; however, in the Spessart he came into conflict with the interests of the Erzstift of Mainz and Würzburg. Between 1260 and 1271, this rivalry even escalated into a feud. Sub-lineages in Rothenfels and Grünsfeld as well as numerous marriage connections linked the house to Hanau, Henneberg, Hohenlohe, Erbach and other important families. Agnes von Loon-Rieneck, the wife of Otto I of Wittelsbach, even made the Rieneckers ancestors of the Bavarian Wittelsbachs.
Culture and faith also played a role in shaping the house. In 1189 it took part in the foundation of the monastery of Schönau; later Himmelthal joined the group. Count Philip III introduced the Reformation in his county in 1543. With his death in 1559, the direct line of the count ended. Mainz took over the largest part of the territory, while Coat of arms Hanau acquired the name and the fiefs. Castles, town coats of arms, and the distinctive silver swan still preserve the colorful memory of Rieneck.
Sources: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria, bavarikon, Bavarian State Library
Coat of arms & Heraldry
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Count of Rieneck family coat of arms
The medieval style Coat of arms of the Frankish counts of Rieneck.
Nine times shared with gold and red. On the helmet, with red-gold covers, a whole standing silver swan with its wings raised.
The Counts of Rieneck ruled in the Middle Ages in the eponymous Frankish county of the same name. The gold-red shield is one of the earliest heraldic Wappenforms.
Sources: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria, Counts of“, on the ninefold division and the development of the swan helmet decoration, Bavarian State Library, Cod.icon. 312 c, fol. 131, House of Bavarian History, bavarikon, helmet and swan helmet decoration
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